An Unpublished Gallienus Antoninianus?

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  1. Harry G

    Harry G Well-Known Member

    Hi all!

    I was labelling up all the new coins that I've added to my collection recently, and was going through all the Gallienus coins that I bought in a relatively large lot a short while ago, and came across this seemingly common AETERNITAS AVG antoninianus from Asia mint, with Saturn reverse.

    gallienus aeternitas avg.png
    (I really need to take a better picture of it)


    However, I can't find a reference for any coins of this type without PXV reverse. I've found a couple with "A" in the exergue instead, such as this one from Roma Numismatics

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    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6458808


    The only other coin with a blank exergue that I was able to find was this coin from a Savoca Blue auction in 2018. It was not labelled as such

    upload_2021-12-11_15-19-20.png
    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5147908

    It looks in the pictures that my coin might have something in the exergue, but in hand, it's very glossy, and I can't see anything there.

    Am I missing something?

    Thanks!
     
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  3. Harry G

    Harry G Well-Known Member

    I edited the picture to make it look a bit more like it does in hand :D
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  4. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    Gallienus minted a HUGE variety of coins. His coins are covered in RIC, v.5, part 1, which was published in 1927, almost 100 years ago. It's not surprising to find a new, unpublished variety. Nice detective work.
     
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